UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) vs GeForce 9650M GT

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	538
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Gen. 12 (2021−2023)
GPU code name	G96C	Alder Lake Xe
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	19 August 2008 (16 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	32	64
Core clock speed	550 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1400 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	8.800	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.0848 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	16	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	no data
Memory bus width	128 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	1920x1200	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12_1
Shader Model	4.0	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 August 2008	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	55 nm	10 nm

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